Robert E. Lee Jr.

Robert Edward "Bob" Lee Jr. (27 October 1843-19 October 1914) was a Confederate States Army captain during the American Civil War and the son of Robert E. Lee.

Biography
Robert Edward Lee Jr. was born in Arlington, Virginia in 1843, the third son of Robert E. Lee and the younger brother of George Washington Custis Lee and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. In 1860, he left the University of Virginia to join his brothers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, serving in the Rockbridge Artillery. He fought at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, and his father only recognized him from his voice when he talked with him, as his face had been hidden by the grime of black powder from the cannon. He was then promoted to Captain and sent to serve as his brother George's aide-de-camp, and he was involved in defending Richmond. All four Lees survived the war, and he lived and farmed the Romancoke Plantation on the north bank of the Pamunkey River in King William County. He died in 1914 at the age of 70.